The information below is intended to give you a brief guide to the show and highlight some of the other The Mandy Network members who have also been involved in this show.
De Silva was fascinated by New York's High School for Performing Arts and created first the 1980 film about how the dedicated students there were inspired by the arts.
Many people believe it is directly based on the 1980 Alan Parker movie, but it is actually meant to take place in 1984 AFTER the movie came out. It is referred to several times in the script and in two songs.
